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Analizying MOOCs from an educational perspective in Spain

This article is the result of a Teaching Innovation Project funded by the University of Cantabria’s Vice-Rectorate for Teaching Staff. Its goals are to analyze the phenomenon of MOOCs with pedagogical criteria...

Authors: Adelina Calvo Salvador and Carlos Rodríguez-Hoyos

Delphi study for the design and validation of a questionnaire about digital competences in higher education

The study of digital competence remains an issue of interest for both the scientific community and the supranational political agenda. This study uses the Delphi method to validate the design of a questionnair...

Authors: Santiago Mengual-Andrés, Rosabel Roig-Vila and Josefa Blasco Mira

Initial evidence to validate an instructional design-derived evaluation scale in higher education programs

Instructional design has been a key strategy in ensuring the quality of higher education; therefore, it is essential to evaluate its effects on learning processes through the use of tools that comply with defi...

Authors: Tania Moreira-Mora and Julia Espinoza-Guzmán

Educational innovation and digital competencies: the case of OER in a private Venezuelan university

The challenge for universities in developing countries of Latin America is to provide quality education and to promote the development of the digital competencies necessary for an active citizenship. Neverthel...

Authors: Marcella Solange Prince Machado, Gloria Concepción Tenorio Sepúlveda and Maria Soledad Ramirez Montoya

Applying action research in CAD teaching to improve the learning experience and academic level

A project involving innovation in university education is described in this paper. It was implemented in a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) course on the Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design and Product Developme...

Authors: Veronica Gracia-Ibáñez and Margarita Vergara

Network analysis for the study of technological collaboration in spaces for innovation. Science and technology parks and their relationship with the university

Universities have become a strategic element in the innovation process. Knowledge-based innovation makes them key players for the economic and social development of their environment. This article discusses ho...

Authors: Mariona Farré-Perdiguer, Mercè Sala-Rios and Teresa Torres-Solé

Academic and research networks management: challenges for higher education institutions in Mexico

Social and economic development of countries or regions requires advances in science, technology and education. To accomplish this goal, governments have taken the decision of connecting, through the Internet,...

Authors: Adriana Valencia Valencia and María del Carmen Trejo Cázares

Learning/training video clips: an efficient tool for improving learning outcomes in Mechanical Engineering

An innovative blended-learning strategy is presented for the subject Laboratory of Elasticity and Strength of Materials, based on the use of different tools combining face-to-face methods with e-learning technolo...

Authors: Silvia De la Flor López, Francesc Ferrando and Albert Fabregat-Sanjuan

Development and evaluation of the team work skill in university contexts. Are virtual environments effective?

Soft skills refer to those personal competencies affecting the way we interact with people and they include aspects such as communication, listening, negotiating, team work, leadership, ethics, commitment, etc...

Authors: Mercedes García García, Chantal Biencinto López, Elvira Carpintero Molina, Eva Expósito Casas and Yovanni A. Ruiz Morales

Learning strategies and styles as a basis for building personal learning environments

This paper presents the results and reflections from a study conducted on students using the e-learning mode from the Panamerican University Foundation. The aim of the study was to identify learning strategies...

Authors: Blanca J. Parra

A framework for assessing fitness for purpose in open educational resources

Despite all the benefits claimed for open education resources (OER), studies reveal that these are used less than anticipated. One reason for this is potential users’ uncertainty over whether the products’ aim...

Authors: Insung Jung, Teruyoshi Sasaki and Colin Latchem

Game-based learning and gamification in initial teacher training in the social sciences: an experiment with MinecraftEdu

This study analyzes the application of game-based learning and gamification using MinecraftEdu, which allows for an exploration of the possibilities regarding immersive learning environments. We analyze the co...

Authors: Ramón Cózar-Gutiérrez and José Manuel Sáez-López

New era and challenges for a consolidated journal in educational technology in higher education

Authors: Josep M. Duart and Rosalind James

Editorial

Authors: Josep M. Duart and Rosalind James

Editorial

Authors: Josep M. Duart and Rosalind James

OER adoption: a continuum for practice

Whilst Open Educational Resources (OER) offer opportunities for broadening participation in Higher Education, reducing course development and study costs, and building open collaborative partnerships to improv...

Authors: Adrian Stagg

OER in practice: Organisational change by bootstrapping

In this paper, we investigate an approach to institutional change that aims to establish open educational practices (OEP) in a university and inculcate the use of open education resources (OER) as part of its ...

Authors: John Hannon, Simon Huggard, Annabel Orchard and Nick Stone

Open Educational Resources: a regional university’s journey

In a region of geographically scattered, small island states, developing quality-enhanced learning materials across the hugely diverse, predominantly ocean-based learning and teaching environments, continues t...

Authors: Theresa Koroivulaono

Editorial

Authors: Josep M. Duart and Rosalind James

Temporal learning analytics visualizations for increasing awareness during assessment

Visual representations of student-generated trace data during learning activities help both students and instructors interpret them intuitively and perceive hidden aspects of these data quickly. In this paper,...

Authors: Zacharoula Papamitsiou and Anastasios A. Economides

Log Analysis in a Virtual Learning Environment for Engineering Students

The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) at different educational levels has impacted the teaching-learning process. ICTs have effectively become tools that support educational environments...

Authors: Gilles Lavigne, Genoveva Gutiérrez Ruiz, Lewis McAnally-Salas and Javier Organista Sandoval

Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics: differences, similarities, and time evolution

Technological progress in recent decades has enabled people to learn in different ways. Universities now have more educational models to choose from, i.e., b-learning and e-learning. Despite the increasing opp...

Authors: Laura Calvet Liñán and Ángel Alejandro Juan Pérez

Relationship between hours spent on the Internet and Web 2.0 in Higher Education

This article analyses the relationship between the number of hours spent by university students on the Internet and their attitude, training, use, impact and perception of difficulties in Web 2.0 integration, ...

Authors: Ángel Boza Carreño and Sara Conde Vélez

21^st-Century Instructional Designers: Bridging the Perceptual Gaps between Identity, Practice, Impact and Professional Development

The purpose of this paper is to discuss instructional designers’ current status through a brief discussion of the history of instructional design, comparison of instructional design models, and a presentation ...

Authors: Afsaneh Sharif and Sunah Cho

Teaching methodology used in the master’s degree programme for secondary education teacher training: student assessment

This study analyses future secondary school teachers’ perceptions of the teaching methodology used in a teacher training master’s degree programme. A descriptive study was designed and the data were collected ...

Authors: María del Carmen Pegalajar Palomino

Methodological proposal for the application of international benchmarking in order to assess the quality of virtual higher education

This research focuses on providing a benchmarking methodology that allows any university offering virtual education (e-learning or b-learning) to compare itself to the best international universities in order ...

Authors: Renata Marciniak

Twitter as a resource to evaluate the university teaching process

The widespread use of social networks among college students has an excellent potential for academic purposes. The university has in its own students an important source of information that can be used to eval...

Authors: Jonatan García Suárez, Carmen Trigueros Cervantes and Enrique Rivera García

Assessing the impact of the “Entrepreneurs” education programme on participants’ entrepreneurial intentions

The study of students’ entrepreneurial intentions and the influencing factors is especially relevant for the development of education programmes, as is the monitoring of those programmes to assess whether they...

Authors: Cristina Díaz-García, Francisco Sáez-Martínez and Juan Jiménez-Moreno

Digital literacy for teachers in Cuban Tourism and Hotel Management Schools. Some experiences on its development

Digital literacy for teachers has been a widely studied topic in recent years, and several studies have been conducted featuring student-oriented ICT competency models and frameworks. This research aims to dev...

Authors: Raidell Avello Martínez and Raúl López Fernández

New learning scenarios for the 21^st century related to Education, Culture and Technology

This paper presents a summary of proposals and new learning scenarios for the 21^st century related to the theme of “Education, Culture and Technology”. These proposals and scenarios are based on the work conducte...

Authors: Cristina Yáñez, Alexandra Okada and Ramon Palau

Recent Developments in Technology-Enhanced Learning: A Critical Assessment

Our societies are considered knowledge societies in which lifelong learning is becoming increasingly important. At the same time, digital technologies are entering almost every aspect of our lives and now play...

Authors: Karl Steffens, Brenda Bannan, Barney Dalgarno, Antonio R. Bartolome, Vanessa Esteve-González and José María Cela-Ranilla

Ethics and Education in the Digital Age: Global Perspectives and Strategies for Local Transformation in Catalonia

The purpose of this paper is to provide a global analysis and a synthesis of emerging ethical issues, situations, and questions that face educators using digital technologies. The authors offer a conceptual fr...

Authors: Don Olcott Jr., Xavier Carrera Farran, Eliana Esther Gallardo Echenique and Juan González Martínez

Inclusion and Social Cohesion in a Digital Society

The information and knowledge society requires citizens to be ever more digitally literate. In both formal and informal environments, education has a prominent role in promoting inclusion and social integratio...

Authors: José L. Lázaro Cantabrana, Meritxell Estebanell Minguell and Juan Carlos Tedesco

Teacher training: technology helping to develop an innovative and reflective professional profile

The society of the early twenty-first century is characterized as the knowledge society. Schools cannot afford to remain detached from the fast-moving changes that are taking place and have therefore made inno...

Authors: Pedro Hepp K, Miquel Àngel Prats Fernández and Josep Holgado García

The educational landscape of the digital age: Communication practices pushing (us) forward

This paper identifies trends in the emerging models of knowledge production available in our society. We suggest it is crucial not only to be aware of these emerging models but also to be open to opportunities...

Authors: Janaina Minelli de Oliveira, Danah Henriksen, Linda Castañeda, Marta Marimon, Elena Barberà, Carles Monereo, César Coll, Jabari Mahiri and Punya Mishra

Education and technology: new learning environments from a transformative perspective

The process of digitization that is increasingly entering all aspects of our lives (personal, academic, professional and social) requires education to undergo a profound transformation, and communication and l...

Authors: Mercè Gisbert Cervera and Larry Johnson

Pedagogía y democratización de la universidad

Juan Carlos Tedesco, Claudia Aberbuj e Ivana Zacarías aportan con su obra una reflexión interesante de la situación de la universidad hoy. Realizan su enfoque desde la pedagogía pero con una clara visión de po...

Authors: Josep M. Duart

La expansión del conocimiento en abierto: los MOOC

La irrupción de la formación en abierto, masiva y gratuita ha supuesto una revolución pedagógica en estos dos últimos años, hasta el punto de ser considerada el hito educativo más importante del año 2012. Bajo...

Authors: M. Esther del Moral Pérez

Comparative between quality assessment tools for MOOCs: ADECUR vs Standard UNE 66181: 2012

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have emerged in informative and scientific literature as a revolution with great potential within the educational and training world. However, at the same time, there are di...

Authors: Miguel Baldomero Ramírez Fernández, José Luis Salmerón Silvera and Eloy López Meneses

Beyond objective testing and peer assessment: alternative ways of assessment in MOOCs

MOOCs (massive open online courses) are an online teaching proposal that, in their short lives, have already thrown up two very different possibilities: cMOOCs and xMOOCs. Both are analysed in this paper from ...

Authors: María del Mar Sánchez-Vera and María Paz Prendes-Espinosa

Indicators of pedagogical quality for the design of a Massive Open Online Course for teacher training

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have generated high expectations and revolutionized some educational practices by providing open educational resources for reference, usage and adaptation; therefore, their ...

Authors: Lorena Yadira Alemán de la Garza, Teresa Sancho-Vinuesa and Marcela Georgina Gómez Zermeño

Self-motivation challenges for student involvement in the Open Educational Movement with MOOC

This article attempts to answer the questions: What are the challenges, problems and obstacles of involving less self-motivated students in MOOCs and how do they relate to their learning connectivism? The corr...

Authors: Brenda Jeanett García Espinosa, Gloria Concepción Tenorio Sepúlveda and María Soledad Ramírez Montoya

A Cluster Analysis of MOOC Stakeholder Perspectives

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are providing opportunities for thousands of learners to participate in free higher education courses online. MOOCs have unique features that make them an effective Technolo...

Authors: Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy Yousef, Mohamed Amine Chatti, Marold Wosnitza and Ulrik Schroeder

The Future of MOOCs: Adaptive Learning or Business Model?

Currently, many MOOCs are designed as a collection of videos with a forum using some traditional distance learning models, but they do not promote adaptive and personalized learning. These features, together w...

Authors: John Daniel, Esteban Vázquez Cano and Mercè Gisbert Cervera

The Relationship between Post Formats and Digital Engagement: A Study of the Facebook Pages of Mexican Universities

Higher education institutions have acknowledged the importance of social networks for multiple purposes, such as exploring innovative mechanisms for teaching-learning processes, colonizing new social communica...

Authors: Gabriel Valerio, Dagoberto José Herrera-Murillo, Fernando Villanueva-Puente, Natalia Herrera-Murillo and María del Carmen Rodríguez-Martínez

Mobile learning: perspectives

From a technical perspective, the future of learning is defined by four axes around which technological and methodological efforts revolve. These axes are mobility, interaction, artificial intelligence and tec...

Authors: Juan Carlos Torres Diaz, Alfonso Infante Moro and Pablo Vicente Torres Carrión

Students in higher education: Social and academic uses of digital technology

This article presents the results of an in-depth interview of twenty Education students at a public face-to-face university in Catalonia on how they use digital technologies in their social and academic lives....

Authors: Eliana Gallardo Echenique, Luis Marqués Molías and Mark Bullen

Comparative analysis of public policies in open access models in Latin America. Brazil and Argentina cases

This article presents public policies for open access models in Argentina and Brazil, two countries that have pioneered the subject in Latin America. The methodology used is comparative documentation, whereby ...

Authors: Karen Isabel Cabrera Peña

Model for democratisation of the contents hosted in MOOCs

Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have emerged as a new educational tool in higher education, based on gratuity, massiveness and ubiquity. Essentially they suggest an evolution of the Open Learning Movement ...

Authors: Javiera Atenas

SIMULACRE: A proposal for practical training in e learning environments

This article describes an educational innovation project called SIMULACRE, funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Cata...

Authors: Alba Colombo and Muriel Gómez Pradas